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In the oc­cu­pied West Bank, Is­raeli au­thor­i­ties re­leased a Pales­tin­ian di­rec­tor of the Os­car-win­ning doc­u­men­tary “ No Oth­er Land,” a day af­ter he was beat­en by Jew­ish set­tlers and de­tained by sol­diers. Ham­dan Bal­lal and two oth­er Pales­tini­ans were ac­cused of throw­ing stones at a set­tler, al­le­ga­tions they de­ny.

Pales­tini­ans and rights groups say Is­raeli forces in the West Bank usu­al­ly turn a blind eye to set­tler at­tacks or in­ter­vene on the set­tlers’ be­half.

Is­rael’s par­lia­ment passed a cru­cial state bud­get on Tues­day, a move that shores up Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Ne­tanyahu ’s gov­ern­ing coali­tion and grants the em­bat­tled leader the chance at months of po­lit­i­cal sta­bil­i­ty even as pub­lic pres­sure mounts over the war in Gaza.